182,000 from Qatar visited Dubai last year
About 182,000 people from Qatar visited Dubai last year, showing a rise of 32 percent compared to 2014. Dubai is one of the most sought-…
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More than 1 million people drive down to Dubai for work
Over one million UAE residents work in Dubai but choose to live in one of the other emirates, showed the latest numbers by the Dubai…
UAE expats sent $1.4 bln back home during Eid
Expatriate workers in the United Arab Emirates – who make up over 80 percent of the country’s population of 8.5 million – sent around $1.36…
Jordan Seeks Nuclear Deal with the U.S.
Chairman of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission, Khaled Toukan, announced Amman’s renewed intent to reach a nuclear cooperation agreement with the U.S. in an interview…
Saudi Arabia: Authorities Arrest Two Men for Hosting Dog Beauty pageant
Two men were reportedly arrested by law enforcement in Saudi Arabia’s port city of Jeddah for organizing a dog beauty contest. According to The Foreign…
Can Bahrain count on Moscow to fill Washington’s shoes?
Since 2011, much analysis on Bahrain has focused on its crackdown on Arab Spring activism, the US military presence in the kingdom and Manama’s role in…
Rethinking Turkish citizenship
The announcement that Turkish citizenship will be offered to Syrian refugees came at almost the same time as the release of the Chilcot report –…
Missiles ready for the ‘annihilation’ of Israel
The deputy commender of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard said the country has over 100,000 missiles in Lebanon alone readied for the “annihilation” of Israel. Speaking…
Report: The U.S. Has More Oil Than Saudi Arabia or Russia
Global oil prices recently edged upward but still hover around $45 a barrel. Some observers blame the two-year slump on a conspiracy by Saudi Arabia,…
Blair and Bush’s attempt to reshape the Middle East lit a fire which burns to this day
Not for the first time recently, Britain woke up to find the clocks had gone back. On Wednesday when the Chilcot report was published, it…